Agenda Date: June 19, 2017
Subject:
Title
2017 Main Street Historic District Grant Applications
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Presented By:
Dennis Swain, Senior Planner
POLICY QUESTION:
How does the Historical Preservation Board wish to allocate the 2017 Main Street Historic District Grant funds?
BACKGROUND:
?4-6-12(E) of the city code establishes the Main Street Historic District Grant Fund:
There is hereby created a special fund to be known as the Main Street historic district grant fund. Monies in this fund shall be established by city council. The funds may be granted to property owners or tenants of properties within the Main Street historic district or designated historic landmarks in downtown Littleton used for commercial purposes. As used in this subsection, "downtown Littleton" means the area bounded by Santa Fe Drive on the west, the railroad depression on the east, W. Church Avenue on the south and W. Crestline Avenue on the north. Grant funds shall be used for architectural design assistance, facade work, removal of graffiti, maintenance, for signage or other improvements to new tenants. Application for such funds shall be made to the historic preservation board and granted to the applicant upon approval by the board.
The General Fund of the city's 2017 budget includes $50,000 for the Main Street Historic District Grant Program. By the May 30, 2017 application deadline, the city had received three grant requests totaling $76,440. These grant requests represent 61% of the larger cost of these projects, which is $125,185.
The process for awarding the grants is in two steps. The first step is the June 19, 2017 historical preservation board meeting for the board to discuss the applications. Grant applicants must attend the June meeting so they may respond to questions from the board. The second step of the process is that the board will meet again on July 17 to further discuss the applications and to award funding. Applicants are not required to attend the July 17 meetin...
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